I must admit, I am BUMMED that Oprah hasn’t called me about my Sarah Safe audition video. I won’t go into the fact that I am the hostess with the mostest or that I’m actually capable of producing this show as well as host. Or how passionate I am about this subject. But, I will point out that this show is our future. We need it. Vegan restaurants and cupcakeries are everywhere these days. Let’s take it to the next level. There are designers all over this world crafting fashion, both upscale and moderate, with cruelty-free chic in mind. I’ll take it upon myself to expose them to you all. I would like to enlighten those who wear clothes on how to be fashion-savvy as well as animal-friendly.
Please, feel free to pass this on to all the network executives you know!
Everyone needs a good pair of flip flops for the summer and I have been on the search for the perfect Sarah Safe pair. I love what I found!
Simple Shoes‘ manifesto is “How we make our shoes is just as important as why we make them. We’re committed to making our products 100% sustainable.” They use such materials as recycled inner tubes, car tires and carpet padding. As well as, cork, hemp and coconut.
The flip flops I chose for myself are the Women’s Flippee-Recycled PET. The PET webbing straps are made of recycled soda bottles and the foot form is made of recycled paper. I know what your shrieking right now…recycled paper under my feet?! It blows my mind too especially since they are so soft and cushy. The shoe is constructed with water based glue as opposed to petroleum based and the sole is biodegradable. But, most importantly (atleast to me), no animal products or byproducts went in to the making of this flip flop!
Aren’t they adorable?!
I stamp these fabulously fun Flippee’s Sarah Safe!
For Payless Shoe Source to keep their prices so low, they can’t afford to use real leather & suede. Score one for the animal friendly consumer! And now they also carry the eco-friendly brand Zoe & Zac. Their entire ladies shoe line is adorable and made of organic cotton, hemp & jute, recycled rubber, nickel-free hardware and water based glues. Their elastic and laces are made from recycled plastic bottles. All of this and under $30! That’s incredible.
I value how they are helping animals and the earth and I appreciate that they are doing it at a low cost to consumers. Let’s all support them!
Today is my 31st birthday and in an effort to not dwell on the fact that I’ve past all the exciting birthdays and now just getting old, I went through the pictures of my 21st birthday. I can’t believe its been 10 years since then but whatever, moving on. I was at FSU in Tallahassee, Florida for my 21st birthday. Tennessee Street was the main drag with all the bars and clubs. Making your way down this street, hitting all the establishments was called the Tennessee Waltz. Somehow it had become tradition at this school to do the Tennessee Waltz for the big 2 1 with everyone dressed in some theme. Since I was Miss FSU, my friends and I decided to go as beauty queens. We all wore tiaras and sashes. My sash said Miss 21st Birthday but everyone else’s sash said Miss whatever fabulous intoxicating concoction they most enjoyed, such as Miss Cosmo and Miss Margarita!
My friends bought me drinks and shots at each place and had me sign my name after each one on a napkin. I still have that napkin. Its quite funny to see how the signature gets just plain illegible. I was surrounded by great friends who showed me a good time but also took very good care of me…helped me get my pants back on after peeing, got me home safely and even helped me puke it all up.
Someone documented the event quite well with pictures and I’m enjoying the stroll down memory lane. Here’s a couple I thought I’d share.
This is how the beauty queens started and this is how we ended.
My sister came out to visit me recently and we were able to get in to see a taping of The Tonight Show. We are both fans of the show and it was really exciting to see Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter in person. Both are waaaay taller than you’d expect. When we were leaving, we were handed a little flyer that explained how to get a personalized Tonight Show badge. I thought that was a pretty cool idea and hadn’t seen that before with other show tapings so I wanted to check it out. Besides having to sign up for an account with NBC.com, its just a three step process. Easy! I hope I don’t start getting NBC spam though. Aaaanywaaays, here it is!
Season finales are all around us and we must say bye-bye to some of our favorite television characters for a few months. Until we can reunite with them in the fall, whatever will we watch this summer? There is a reality show for just about everyone as well as some new scripted series.
Apparently, the theme this summer for reality shows is weddings. ABC brings us Here Come the Newleyweds on Monday nights. TNT has Wedding Day while CW has Hitched or Ditched, both on Tuesdays. And of course there will still be the traditional dating reality shows. The Bachelorette stars Jillian who narrowly missed the absurd choas of winning Jason Mesnick’s heart but successfully won the heart of America. And on Tuesdays, Fox has a new show, More to Love, a Bachelor-style dating show featuring a man who’s looking for a woman with a little extra cushion for the push’n.
More in the reality category is The Superstars on ABC where two-person teams comprised of celebrities and professional athletes compete against one another in different challenges. ABC also has The Great American Roadtrip where seven families travel through the US and compete while visiting historic landmarks. And of course my favorite reality show, So You Think You Can Dance, returns with its usual artistic, musical fabulousness!!!!!
Believe it or not there actually are some scripted shows as well…
ABC is nice enough to air the final episodes of a couple series they abruptly yanked off the air this past fall. Pushing Daisies and Eli Stone will finish up Saturday nights this summer.
Nurse Jackie, on Showtime, stars Edie Falco as a pill-popping New York ER nurse.
ABC Family has created 10 Things I Hate About You, a show based on the 1999 movie. Mental, on Fox, appears to be a medical procedural surrounding a psychiatrist.
TNT has Jada Pinkett Smith’s turn to TV, Hawthorne…something about doctors in a hospital, blah, blah, blah. The Goode Family, this animated series on ABC is about an uber-green family. The Philanthropist on NBC stars Neve Campbell. Dark Blue has Dylan McDermott as an undercover police officer on TNT.
NBC has The Listener, a show about a paramedic with hidden telepathic powers.
Mark Feuerstein is trying TV AGAIN with Royal Pains on USA.
